
Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance
USA Guide 2026 : New York
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Provided by Dechert LLP
Dechert provides a responsive, interdisciplinary, multi-jurisdictional team to address the complexities of modern finance transactions across categories and geographies. With more than 150 lawyers in the world’s major financial centers, our internationally recognized practice provides clients with innovative deal structuring, creative financing strategies and efficient execution. Our clients receive comprehensive solutions for all of their finance needs. By tapping into the breadth of Dechert’s expertise, we deliver advice on real estate finance, structured finance, leveraged finance and securitization matters.
Commercial Real Estate Finance
We handle the origination of complex commercial real estate loans, as well as securitization and syndication after closing. Dechert provides market-leading, best-in-class service to our clients, helping them to successfully structure and originate complex commercial real estate financings across all asset classes, including securitization, syndication, restructuring and enforcement.
Commercial Mortgage-backed Securities
We help our clients innovate and execute their transactions efficiently and effectively. We provide best in class service across all asset categories and securitization technologies, including CMBS and CRE CLOs, warehouse facilities, cash and synthetic transactions and on the purchase and sale of pools of loans and other financial assets.
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Work Highlights
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Dechert represented Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 as mortgage loan seller in multiple securitizations, including loans secured by commercial properties valued at over $800 million.
Strengths
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I would call Dechert's deal execution, client communication and availability all outstanding. When you need them, they're there.
Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance respondentUSAThe Dechert team is purpose-built to handle large, complex transactions.
Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance respondentUSADechert have decades of experience and are good at giving advice on commercial points that will be mutually acceptable to lenders and borrowers and that the market will generally accept.
Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance respondentUSADechert are very knowledgeable about the subject matter we work with them on. They're very responsive, always there to answer questions and work within your deadlines, which is very important.
Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance respondentUSA
Notable Practitioners
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Band 2 
Band 2 
Laura Swihart
Laura Swihart is co-chair of the firm's global finance and real estate practice groups. She has vast expertise in commercial real estate collateralized loan obligation matters.
Band 3 
Band 3 
Laura G Ciabarra
Laura Ciabarra is sought out by investors for her expertise in a range of finance transactions, including debt, mezzanine and mortgage loans. If we were to reach out to pick the brains of a lenders' lawyer, I would reach out to Laura.
Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance respondentUSALaura is a very thorough lawyer who knows how to close a deal.
Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance respondentUSA
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Laura G Ciabarra
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